Ari Fouse is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her work plays with the tension between representation and organic abstraction. She predominantly uses imagery from the sky and the sea to explore our connection to nature.
Fouse received her BFA in Painting in 2021, with a minor in Cultural Studies, from Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn. She is also an alumna of the 2019 Pratt in Venice program. Her work has been included in Atelier Liu's inaugural exhibition Invented Story (2025); Lois Lambert Gallery's Primarily in the Right Hemisphere, sponsored by the Getty's PST ART (2024); Coppell Art Center's BLUE (2021); Sebastopol Center for the Art's Ecstasy: The Breathtaking Beauty of Nature (2021); The Sohotel's NYC Pop Up Show (2021); and the Pratt in Venice 35th Anniversary Exhibition (2019). In August 2021, Fouse was an Artist in Residence at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in Temecula, CA. She is currently completing her MFA at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
Though Fouse travels the world, her native Texas is considered home.
Mother Nature — so quiet and absolute.
She is often overlooked, undetected, disregarded, neglected.
She is often overlooked, undetected, disregarded, neglected.
Her voice, so silvery and calm that it can only be heard along the cusp of a wave, the edge of a cloud, the mist before it rains.
The subtleties of these moments exist in the space between one heartbeat and the next.
I admire the geometry of nature and am captivated by the intricate patterns and forms that emerge organically. I use imagery from the sky and the sea to work between abstraction and representation, applying wet-into-wet and dry brush painting techniques to achieve depth and subtlety in every stroke. Through this, I want my paintings to communicate a sense of motion and shifting space.
I paint glimpses of reality that have been warped by the imagination. When I paint, my intention is not to provide answers. Instead, I simply ask viewers to look and be silent, to take a moment for introspection. Through my artwork, I hope to evoke a sense of admiration and love for the natural world, encouraging viewers to rediscover the inherent beauty and mystery that surrounds us. We all possess the ability to appreciate and connect with Nature; we need only to remember and reawaken that instinct within ourselves.
I believe that there is a secret energy that connects all Life, an underlying harmony that resonates throughout the natural world. By observing and depicting these moments in my art, I invite viewers to tap into that energy and forge a deeper connection with themselves and the Earth.
In essence, my art serves as a gentle reminder of the profound interplay between humanity and the environment. It is an invitation to pause, reflect, and rediscover the harmony that exists when we align ourselves with the vast, endless expanse of the world around us.